COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TECHNOLOGY OF CONCRETE AND PILES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TGT 3001 TECHNOLOGY OF CONCRETE AND PILES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

GEOTECHNICS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

The course aims to provide knowledge on fresh and hardened properties of concrete, concrete strength tests, pile foundations, concrete-pile walls, field applications, encountered geotechnical application challenges in the site, instrumentation and measurement techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the material properties of concrete
2   Perform the experiments in order to obtain the fresh and hardened concrete properties
3   Describe measuring and monitoring techniques during the application of concrete pile foundation
4   Install stain-gauges on the surface of the concrete elements
5   Obtain the stress-strain relationship of steel and concrete structural elements via data acquisition systems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concrete and Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) Material Properties and Related Standards
2 Concrete and Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete Material Properties and Related Standards
3 Concrete Strength Experiments and Related Standards
4 Compressive and Flexural Strength Tests of Concrete Elements in Laboratory
5 Pile Foundations: Steel, Concrete, SFRC, Reinforced Concrete (RC), and Bearing Capacity Concept
6 Pile Foundation: Measurement and Monitoring Techniques
7 Mid term exam
8 Concrete-Pile Walls Applications: Geostatic, Active, Passive Earth Pressure Concepts
9 Concrete-Pile Walls Applications: Encountered geotechnical application challenges in the site, instrumentation and measurement techniques
10 Site Investigation
11 Strain-gauge installation, acquisition data applications
12 Strain-gauge installation, acquisition data applications
13 Consolidation and Consolidation Settlement
14 The stress-strain relationship determination of steel and concrete structural elements via data acquisition systems

Recomended or Required Reading

Materials: Concrete and Pile Technologies Course Script: Dr. Cihan Taylan Akdağ

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course involves theoretical lecture and problem solutions related to the subject. The lecture continues in the form of mutual discussion between the lecturer and the students after introduction and basic description of the subject. Problems are given as homework for each related subject. Performing laboratory tests.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 +ASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid term exam : %25
Homework: %25
Final exam: %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Cihan Taylan Akdağ: taylan.akdag@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 15:30-16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 72

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.411
LO.51

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